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India at 100 should be watershed moment for country PM Modi

21-Apr-2022
New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India moving from the 75th year of independence to its centenary in 2047 cannot be a routine affair and it should be a watershed moment for the countryOur Amrit Kaal is not just to laud the last seven decades We may have gone from 70-75 years of independence in routine We may gone from 60-70 years of independence in routine But from 75 to 2047 India at 100 cannot be routineOur Amrit Mahotsav should be a watershed The period of the next 25 years should be seen as single time unit and not as different pieces Modi said addressing bureaucrats on the occasion of 15th Civil Services DayThe prime minister further said the prime responsibility of civil servants is to uphold the countrys unity and integrityWe cannot make any compromise on that Whenever we make any decision even at the local level however populist and attractive it may be it must be weighed if this decision in a small village will prove to be a hindrance to the unity and integrity of the country or not he saidLauding the efforts of young entrepreneurs Modi said India has seen 14 unicorns in the first quarter of 2022During the last eight years he said many big changes have been implemented in the country which have behavioural change at their coreModi also conferred the Prime Ministers Awards for Excellence in Public Administration for effective implementation of identified priority programmes and innovationHe presented 16 awards for five identified Priority Programmes and for innovations in the sphere of public administration and delivery of services PTI AKVABS ABS DIV DIV
21-Apr-2022 National
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